Name:
Everett G. Johnson
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-815154
Unit:
555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-10-05
State:
Idaho
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
3
Grave:
67
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Co-Pilot of the B-26 Yankee Gorilla, took off from Bernes sur Oise to bomb the German barracks in Duren, Germany. Crashed due to mechanical problems by Rethondes, France. Johnson and three others were killed while two crewmembers survived. Buried in a communal plot with his crew.